Contemporary Figurative Paintings
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Style: Contemporary
Windjam II
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Léopard, Atelier 1
Located in PARIS, FR
Etienne Cail (B.1991)
Léopard, Atelier 1
Huile sur toile signée et datée au dos
160x 120 cm / 63 x 47.2 inches
2018
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Etienne Cail est né en 1991.
C’est dans le cadre de l’atelier deSèvres, qu’Etienne Cail conforté par ses pairsdécidera de prendre son envol dans le mondedes peintres.Nous somme en 2009, il n’a alors que 18 anset affaire rarissime il a déjà trouvé son style,sa « pâte ». Après la représentation de l’atelier qu’il a réalisé sous tous les angles, EtienneCail s’est engagé à construire « ses gueules »,des adversaires qu’il défiera à grand coup de pinceaux.
Au coeur des ateliers de cette Chine actuelle il découvre cet art à la fois puissant et subtil. Ici, les rebelles du monde de l’art ne sont pas des dissidents au sens strict du terme, ils se battent pour l’indépendance de la
création dans un pays où la liberté est encadrée. Cette capacité à créer une force intelligible malgré ces contraintes force l’admiration du jeune peintre qui se retourne sur d’anciennes provocations artistiques qu’il jugera dés lors trop faciles.Dés son retour en France, la création d’une nouvelle série de portraits appuient déjà cette nouvelle maturité et un nouveau projet prend parallèlement vie autour d’un songe: si tous les grands moments de l’histoire et les plus grands chefs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lost #1 Zahra Zeinali 21st Century Iranian painting portrait woman pink
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Natia Sapanadze - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Natia Sapanadze is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives
works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Natia's alternative profession is a philologist, besides she has started ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In The Pub - Interior Figurative Painting oil canvas Red Orange Blue Grey White
Located in Sofia, BG
""In The Pub"" is an oil painting on canvas.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting
Edition : Unique, signed
Weight: Approximately 2 kg.
The painting is unframed.
Frame: Op...
Category
1930s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Giant At Sea, Asian Inspired Painting with Samurai, Ink, egg-tempera, gold leaf
Located in Dallas, TX
"Giant At Sea" is an Asian Inspired Painting with a colorful Samurai and sailing boats in the ocean, with lots of white waves. The piece is created using ink, egg-tempera, and a gold...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Landscape VII - Contemporary Atmospheric and Modern Lake, Seascape Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
A few words of the artist about his art:
When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and levels. I juxtapose the smooth surfac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
$2,088 Sale Price
20% Off
Le Chant des Saisons V
Located in Miami, FL
Observing and understanding the world around us are the foundations of her reflections.
Her approach to the world of Art has been largely influenced by the diversity of media
underwr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
The Girl with the Red Cape - 21st Century Figure Painting of a Girl in a Robe
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Carolien van Olphen
The Girl with the Red Cape
Oil on wood panel
60 x 35 cm
(Framed 68 x 43 cm, frame is included)
Dutch artist Carolien van Olphen has left a great impression in m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Yellow Posse
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Trish Wylie is a London-based artist known for her large-scale paintings in oils and acrylics. She explores sensual expression by incorporating various materials and mediums, drawin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Polymer
Unspoken - Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
This intimate painting captures a moment of stillness and tension between two figures, possibly partners, family members, or friends. The composition is charged with emotional ambigu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Better Friend 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Pixel, Women, Animal
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
A better friend, captured the profound bond between a person and their animal companion. This series delves into the unconditional loyalty and companionship that dogs offer. Through ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Feeling Sassy by Judith Williams black and white nude on paper
Located in Atlanta, GA
"The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simplistic form, how they interact with each other, the shapes creating their own language. I let them stand alone in their purest fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media
Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Before and After Getting Married 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil & acrylic on canvas
Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Countryside - Oil Paint by Pino Romanò - 2000
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Pino Romanò (1934) in 1990s.
Hand signed. Titled and dated on rear.
Very good condition.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chene de Versailles 6 - An Oil Painting on Gold Leaf
Located in New York, NY
This work is a unique piece. It is an oil painting on linen canvas gilded with 24 carat gold leaf.
CS Art comprises of two artists, one French, the other Norwe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold, Silver, Foil, Gold Leaf
Georgian Contemporary Art by Giorgi Kukhalashvili - Expulsion of The Merchants
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas - sold with a golden frame
Giorgi Kukhalashvili is a Georgian artist born in 1982 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He's founder of the organization “Language o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Choreography of Light and Grace - B.Schaumann - Contemporary Dancers Painting
Located in DE
Barber Schaumann is a contemporary artist known for her vibrant, abstract interpretations of the female form. Her work combines bold colors with modern, geometric shapes, blending el...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Brigitte Mathé - La Vague Scélérate
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink
Soothsayers
Located in Burlingame, CA
Diana Tremaine’s dynamic figurative paintings explore the search for meaning within the human experience. Her process is intuitive. She builds up marks, then removes or softens what ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On The Beach
Located in Bozeman, MT
Artist Statement-"I work in mixed media, laying down layers of spray paint, pencil, and traditional oil wash on wood or canvas before bringing in photography or other elements that c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Joanne in Profile - Photorealist Oil Painting on Oval Panel of Woman in Profile
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a painting in realistic detail of a woman in profile using subtle tones. The oval shaped panel is framed in a custom frame with classic details.
Matthew Cook...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Robe Fleurie
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Liubov Juravliova is a French painter born in Chisinau, Moldova in 1963 who lives and works in Argenteuil, near Paris, France She has been listed at Drouot since 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Corrie Waiting [setting the dining table]
Located in Atlanta, GA
"I grew up as the middle of five kids. We would yearly visit my grandmother in Alabama and later in Tennessee. She was an artist and her house was full of paintings, which was format...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Exile and Embrace 4 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Exile and Embraces is a visual exploration of migration—its pain, hope, and the unbreakable ties to home. This series reflects the bittersweet reality of leaving behind familiarity f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Inkjet
Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Tan 2020 No.2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the Scho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paris Rooftops II by Guillaume Chansarel - cityscape, painting on old book pages
Located in Paris, FR
Paris Rooftops II is a unique painting by French contemporary artist Guillaume Chansarel. The painting is made with Ink and acrylic on old book pages mounted on canvas, dimensions ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Magazine Paper
Belgian Contemporary Art by Hugo Pondz - La Vacuité Salutaire
By Hugo Pondz
Located in Paris, IDF
Unique artwork
Hugo Pondz is a Belgian artist born in 1975 who lives & works in Namur, Belgium. In his dreams he travels to New York where he is interested in the urban landscapes a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nuit
Located in PARIS, FR
A superb canvas, full of contrasts and play of light. A sublime warm glow that plunges us into memories and a reflection on time. A work on the instantaneous and the eternal, from th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vicious Circle -Single - Framed
Located in New York, NY
Hand pulled acrylic, enamel screen print of 18th century Dutch painting on linen.
About the artist:
Born in 1959 in Northern England...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Todo avanza hacia su final V by Calo Carratalá - Landscape painting, Tanzania
Located in Paris, FR
Todo avanza hacia su final V is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 140 × 200 cm (55.1 × 78.7 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unfr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Klage (Die orangene Stadt)
Located in Wien, 9
In his painting, Robert Hammerstiel is in constant search of the balance and harmony of form. In his drastic reduction to the physical essentials and the colourful placarding, he cre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Connection Stéphane Fauchille Contemporary art painting landscape animal edf
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Olori Asa (Crowned in Culture) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting is a celebration of heritage, resilience, and beauty. The central figure, adorned with an elaborate crown of patterns and textures, becomes a living emblem of culture i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Croatian Village
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Golden Palms” Landscape Painting 6" x 14" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Golden Palms” Landscape Painting 6" x 14" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Korean Contemporary Art by Cho Mun-Hyun - Landscape with a Moon Jar
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Devided Selves Oil Painting on Canvas Girls Guardian Angel In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Devided Selves Oil Painting on Canvas Girls Guardian Angel In Stock
Introduction: Step into the intriguing world of artist Suzan Schuttelaar and be enchanted by her versatile creatio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl with Orchids - 21st Century Figure Painting of a Girl with a Green Robe
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Carolien van Olphen
Girl with Orchids
Oil on wood panel
60 x 50 cm
(Framed 68 x 58 cm, frame is included)
Dutch artist Carolien van Olphen has left a great impression in many place...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fjord du Saguenay
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Korean Contemporary Art by Ahn Sung Kyu - Tuscany at Dawn
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Ahn Sung Kyu is a Korean artist born in 1966 who lives and works in Suwon, South Korea. Sung-Kyu is an artist who has intensively focused o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The flowers are not from you, 130x100cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
The flowers are not from you, 130x100cm, acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,125 Sale Price
25% Off
first date, 150x110cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
The scent of your hair, 150x110cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,125 Sale Price
25% Off
Loneliness embraces me instead of you, 120x100cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Loneliness embraces me instead of you, 120x100cm, acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,562 Sale Price
25% Off
Imitation of love, 150x150 cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Imitation of love, 150x150 cm, acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,250 Sale Price
25% Off
Letter, 150x130 cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Imitation of love, 150x150 cm, acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,250 Sale Price
25% Off
Stars 3 October 22:53 - Modern Night Sky Landscape Painting, Minimalistic Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
The painting is signed on the back
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Horse - Painting by Luciano Schifano - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on masonite realized by Luciano Schifano in 1988.
Hand signed, dated and titled on rear.
Very good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fire Down Below
Located in Bozeman, MT
"As a human exercising what little political power I might have, I struggle to campaign for nature and to remind all humans of our responsibilities as stewards of this planet. Art be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Josette Dubost - Escapade
Located in Paris, IDF
Josette Dubost is a French artist born in 1936 who lives & works in Solliès-Pont, France.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Hard Way
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, ink, acrylic & pastel on velvet
Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Luka Tsetskhladze - Spontaneous Work
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Lanzarote Famara 02
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unbroken -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women, Hair
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Adebayo Taiwo, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Charcoal, Mixed Media
Mythological III (Bacchus) - Contemporary Art, Blue, Red, Green, Grape
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Mythological III (Bacchus), 2016
Acrylic marker on canvas sheet (signed and dated front left corner)
23 5/8 H x 17 3/4 W in.
60 H x 45 W cm
(reproduced at page 23, in the catalogue '...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Woman With A Red Carnation
By Urszula Tekieli
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Woman With A Red Carnation
Urszula Tekieli was born in 1979 in Krakow, Poland. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in Krakow in 1999, also graduated from the University of S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary figurative textured oil painting mother and child colorful signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dora Y Su Bebe" is Peruvian artist Ernesto Gutierrez's 2001 oil on jute canvas.
20" x 20" art
29" x 31" framed
Ernesto Gutierrez was born in Lima, Peru in 1939, his father a Spani...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Jute, Oil
"Wanderer 12" Collaged Houses in Decay with Acrylic and Graphite on Wood
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece, titled "Wanderer 12" is an original artwork by Seth Clark as part of his newest solo exhibition, "Passing Through". made of collage, charcoal, pastel, acrylic, and graphi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Metamorphosed Narcissus Timothy Archer 21st Century Contemporary painting myth
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas
Signed lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Wind will Carry Us" figurative oil painting freedom transience life peace
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
The Wind Will Carry Us is a 1999 Iranian film by photographer, poet and film director Abbas Kiarostami. The title is a reference to a poem written by Kiarostami. Wind is a recurrent ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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